Post-Game Talk: Pens vs Sabres: GENO MAGIC!!!

[Malkinstheman]

I am score

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[Empoleon8771]

Hell of a gutsy comeback. This team isn't great but they definitely are entertaining.

I'm actually super curious to see what this team does once Nedjelkovic gets healthy. I feel like just sending down Blomqvist and keeping Jarry up sends a horrendous message to this team, but waiving Jarry would be absolutely shocking for me to do. I honestly don't know what they'll do with the goalie situation, keeping 3 goalies up seems like a legitimate option to me.

Also the PP has been 1000x better this year with Letang at the top of the PP. Terrific decision by this team to move Karlsson to the left half-wall to put Letang back at the top of the PP.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

First full game I've watched this season. And I barely watched last season from January on.


+ battling through that 3-1 start
+ Blomqvist
+ milestones for Sid & Geno
+ MalKing straight up feeling it this season
+ 3rd line
+ 4th line looks way more competent although expensive
+ tying it up with 46s left
+ Graves with the least amount of minutes on D
+ OT PP

= Graves looks better?
= PP looks better but still isn't good given the Hall of Fame personnel

- Jarry obviously
- Karlsson
- Bunting quitting when he needs to keep the motor going
- blowing the lead in the 3rd
- JSI looked to be way out of position this game

 

[Fordy]

thank you geno

could be a real team with some tiny changes

 

[WickedWrister]

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

holy hell that was a ugly game. glad for the win but that won't happen vs a real team.

Sid and Geno are great

Tang and Ek stink

TJ is a f***ing disaster.

Sully is a f***ing loser.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Barring the 1st line LW, the forward group is solid but holy shit the team defence is atrocious. Its also a coin flip if Letang and EK are gonna be morons that game

 

[canadianguy77]

Who thought we’d be above .500 this late in the season?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Sid and Geno rule. Sully, Bunting, Jarry and Graves are trash. Open the gates and win or lose playing wide open hockey imo. Fun game.

 

[MeinerEiner]

Sid with 3 points
Geno with 4 points

Which year is it again?

 

[Coastal Kev]

Fun game

Some will watch the highlights and think to themselves that Karlsson is BOSS....

DUBAS.... SEND BEAVER TO BEAVER and let him run the rink there

 

[Gurglesons]

You can hate on EK65 all you want, but he won that game with two huge plays.

 

[spcastlemagic]

The most hot shit player in the NHL in 2024 is 2004 draft pick and 38 year old dad Evgeni Malkin damn it feels good

 

[Allie Kitsune]

OK, now let's get Sid to 600.

 

[Empoleon8771]

First full game I've watched this season. And I barely watched last season from January on.

= Graves looks better?

Graves seems to be in this weird spot where he is obviously not good but is also not really impacting the game negatively. If he didn't have such a gross contract, I feel like I'd be completely content with him.

The issue is that his performance is basically just Chad Ruhwedel and he's making a ton of money to be that.

 

[StaalForOne]

That’s one of the funner games I can remember in quite some time

So happy for Malkin to get 500 and Sid to get 1,600 in the same game and for them both to be involved in each others milestones

Keep rolling with Blomqvist

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Sid follows the board and responded this game out of spite.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Well a complaints of boring hockey are unfounded so far this year

+ Malkin
+ Glass
- Defense. Defensemen and Fs
- - - - - - Jarry

 

[Miro4Norris]

10M Karlsson is probably the worst player in the league right now.

thank you geno

could be a real team with some tiny changes

That's what i was saying all summer. But it's better to fill the cap space for 5th round draft pick and do nothing smart to improve the team. Sign Skjei or Roy instead of Grielzyk and this team would be so much better already

 

[Malkinstheman]

Should be Bloms net moving forward. I dont know how Jarry can play for this team again. Send him down to the Wilkes maybe and let him get his confidence back.

 

[Gumbercules]

Sloppy game overall, but there are some positives.

Nice to see the PP win us a game. Don't think that happened once last year.

Third and fourth lines chipping in on offense is also a good sign.

Pens need to ride the hot hand in net. Play JB until he falters, then give Ned a chance (assuming healthy). Jarry can get another try when both those guys start playing erratically, but until then he shouldn't be in the net.